Sulu boobook
Ninox reyi Oustalet, 1880
The sulu boobook (Ninox reyi) is a species in the family Strigidae, order Strigiformes. Recorded adults weigh 119.2 g to 141 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
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Quick facts about the sulu boobook
- Weight
- 119.2 g – 141 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the sulu boobook live?
Not recorded
What is the sulu boobook?
The Sulu boobook or Sulu hawk-owl (Ninox reyi) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines. It was previously known as a subspecies of the Philippine hawk-owl, but was reclassified in 2012, as voice and other evidence suggested it was a distinct species. It is found in tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Is the sulu boobook endangered?
The sulu boobook is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the sulu boobook classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderStrigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusNinox
- SpeciesNinox reyi Oustalet, 1880
Synonyms Ninox everetti, Ninox philippensis everetti, Ninox philippensis reyi, Ninox reyi everetti, Ninox reyi reyi, Ninox spilocephala reyi
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- Sulu hawk-owlEnglish
- Sulu hawk-owlEnglish
- Sulu hawk-owlEnglish
- nínox de les illes SuluCatalan
- sovka suluskáCzech
- SuluhøgeugleDanish
- SulukauzGerman
- sulua nizostrigoEsperanto
- Nínox de las SuluSpanish
- sulunhaukkapöllöFinnish
- Ninoxe des SuluFrench
- suluška ćukušaCroatian
- Gufastore di SuluItalian
- スールーアオバズクJapanese
- Sulinė aštrianagė pelėdaLithuanian
- sulufalkugleNorwegian Bokmål
- SuluvalkuilDutch
- SuluboeboekuilDutch
- spragleugleNorwegian
- sowica suluskaPolish
- mocho-das-suluPortuguese
- coruja-gavião-das-suluPortuguese
- Сулусская иглоногая соваRussian
- Сулуанская иглоногая соваRussian
- sovka škvrnitochrbtáSlovak
- Bubuk sa arhipelaga SuluSerbian
- suluspökugglaSwedish
- Sulu BubuğuTurkish
- сова-голконіг сулуйськаUkrainian
- 苏禄鹰鸮Chinese
- 蘇魯鷹鴞Chinese
Relatives of the sulu boobook
Other species in the same genus Ninox.
Brown boobook
Ninox scutulata
Morepork
Ninox novaeseelandiae
Powerful owl
Ninox strenua
Barking owl
Ninox connivens
Andaman boobook
Ninox affinis
Australian boobook
Ninox boobook
CompareSulu boobook vs Brown boobookSulu boobook vs MoreporkSulu boobook vs Powerful owlSulu boobook vs Barking owl
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sulu boobook?
An adult sulu boobook weighs 119.2 g – 141 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sulu boobook endangered?
The sulu boobook is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the sulu boobook?
The sulu boobook (Ninox reyi) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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